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==Awards and honours==
==Awards and honours==
File:Right Livelihood Award 2009-award ceremony-6.jpg|thumb|Suzuki receives the Right Livelihood Award from Jakob von Uexküll
File:Right Livelihood Award 2009-award ceremony-6.jpg|thumb|Suzuki receives the Right Livelihood Award from Jakob von Uexküll
Suzuki is the recipient of the Order of Canada, first as an Officer (1976), then upgraded to Companion status in (2006)<ref>[http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1632 Received Order of Canada]</ref>, the Order of British Columbia (1995)<ref>[http://www.protocol.gov.bc.ca/protocol/prgs/obc/1995/1995_DSuzuki.htm Received Order of British Columbia]</ref>, UNESCO’s Kalinga Prize for science (1986)<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/host.html Received UNESCO prize]</ref> and a long list of Canadian and international honours.  
Suzuki is the recipient of the Order of Canada, first as an Officer (1976), then upgraded to Companion status in (2006) and a long list of Canadian and international honours.  


In 2004, David Suzuki was nominated as one of the top ten "The Greatest Canadian|Greatest Canadians" by viewers of the CBC. In the final vote he ranked fifth.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/standings Finish fifth in The Greatest Canadians]</ref> Suzuki said that his own vote was for Tommy Douglas who was the eventual winner.
In 2004, David Suzuki was nominated as one of the top ten "The Greatest Canadian|Greatest Canadians" by viewers of the CBC. In the final vote he ranked fifth. Suzuki said that his own vote was for Tommy Douglas who was the eventual winner.


In 2006, David Suzuki was the recipient of the Bradford Washburn Award presented at the Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref>[http://www.theunlikelyactivist.com/remarkable_people/index.html The Unlikely Activist]</ref>
In 2006, David Suzuki was the recipient of the Bradford Washburn Award presented at the Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts.


In 2009 David Suzuki was awarded the Honorary Right Livelihood Award.<ref>http://www.rightlivelihood.org/suzuki.html</ref>
In 2009 David Suzuki was awarded the Honorary Right Livelihood Award.


==Honorary degrees==
==Honorary degrees==